Emirates will transfer its cargo fleet from Dubai International Airport to Dubai World Central Airport (DWC), president Tim Clark told ATW on the sidelines of the ITB tourism fair in Berlin.
With its first PW1000G Geared Turbofan (GTF) certification under its belt, Pratt & Whitney is looking to increase the engine’s bypass ratio to achieve even greater efficiencies.
Small jet manufacturers are planning to invest heavily in their platforms and increase the size of current aircraft models, according to a panel discussion at the ISTAT Americas 2013 conference in Orlando, Fla.
Royal Jordanian launched 2X-weekly Amman-Algiers Airbus A320 service, increasing to 3X-weekly April 1. UTair Aviation will launch 2X-weekly St. Petersburg-Budapest Boeing 737-500 service April 28. Emirates will launch daily Dubai-Angeles City, Philippines service Oct. 1. Egyptair will increase 6X-weekly Cairo-Brussels service to 7X-weekly June 29.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to sell its ground and cargo handling activities to Swissport International as measures to boost its liquidity continue.
The CEOs of easyJet, IAG, Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic have jointly lambasted the UK’s aviation taxation policy after it ranked 139th out of 140 countries in a competitiveness study.
Low-cost African start-up Fastjet has turned to the UK legal system in a bid to end the ongoing dispute with Five Forty Aviation over rights to use the Fly540 brand.
Cyprus Airways reported a provisional full-year net loss of €55.8 million ($72.7 million) for 2012, more than doubling its €23.9 million loss in the year-ago period.
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) reported a fiscal first-quarter net loss of SEK630 million ($98.8 million), reversed from a SEK2.5 billion loss in the year-ago period.
Vueling shareholders have been advised by the airline’s management not to accept the takeover offer from International Airlines Group (IAG) because it is undervalues the company.
Fuel hedging has helped ensure airlines for years against revenue-eroding fuel spikes, but fuel price volatility today is prompting some carriers to reevaluate their hedging programs and, in some cases, look elsewhere for savings.
If necessity is the mother of invention, then rising oil prices are not all bad news for airlines. The growing need to reduce unnecessary fuel burn is creating a sense of urgency about global airspace modernization and the need for more efficient air traffic management tools.
It is all about me. That was the clear message from this year’s Air Transport IT Summit in Brussels. “Passengers have an insatiable appetite to have more control, more personalization,” said SITA director, market insight Nigel Pickford. But, to personalize, airlines need to capture and analyze data about individual passengers and their interests. Make no mistakes, this is a Herculean task.
In stark contrast to the air passenger and general airfreight sectors, both famously fractured into a myriad of global companies, the international express cargo delivery business looks more like other modern transnational industries dominated by a handful of mega-players. On a global scale, United Parcel Service (UPS), FedEx, DHL Express and TNT Express are really the only games in town.
Swiss AviationSoftware signed a contract with Scandinavian Airlines for the implementation of AMOS maintenance and engineering software, slated for implementation beginning in the third quarter 2013. JorAMCo won a maintenance services contract from Air Astana to perform C checks on three Embraer E-190s.
India will replace its Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) with a Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), according to Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh.
